At the Basava Culture Campaign-2025 closing event, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah declared his intent to rename the Namma Metro as Basava Metro, after Vishwaguru Basavanna, a spiritual leader ...

In a speech delivered at the Valmiki Jayanti celebrations on Tuesday, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced plans to recommend to the Union government that Bengaluru’s metro be renamed in ...

(MENAFN- AsiaNet News) The statement by Large and Medium Industries Minister M.B. Patil suggesting the renaming of the entire metro rail network after Basavanna has sparked a spirited online debate.

Following the proposed move, social media quickly lit up with people saying the name should stay as it is — and maybe the focus should be on improving metro services instead The Karnataka government's ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday recommended renaming the Namma Metro to 'Basava Metro' to honour the 12th-century social reformer Basavanna. Addressing a public gathering, CM ...

BENGALURU: The state government will recommend to the central government to name Bengaluru’s Metro Rail as Basava Metro after social reformer Basavanna, said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the ...

Writer and ‘Mundhe Banni’ podcast founder Vasant Shetty sees no need for a name change — ‘Namma Metro’, he says, is “beautiful and inclusive”.

Siddaramaiah's statement comes in the backdrop of Opposition BJP's charge of Congress government of trying to 'divide' the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community through the Social and Educational Survey ...

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday assured followers of 12 th century social reformer Basavanna to write to the Union Government over their demand to name ‘Namma Metro’ in Bengaluru city ...

Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said that he will propose a plan to rename Bengaluru’s Namma Metro as Basava Metro, after the 12th-century philosopher and social reformer Basavanna, to the ...

The issue of a separate religion status for Lingayats came to the fore again after nearly a decade on Sunday, with several leaders raising it even as sharp differences in the community were also ...